The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 12 V.S.A. § 1)
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§ 1. Rules of pleading, practice, and procedure; forms
The Supreme Court is empowered to prescribe and amend from time to time general rules
with respect to pleadings, practice, evidence, procedure, and forms for all actions
and proceedings in all courts of this State. The rules thus prescribed or amended
shall not abridge, enlarge, or modify any substantive rights of any person provided
by law. The rules when initially prescribed or any amendments thereto, including any
repeal, modification, or addition, shall take effect on the date provided by the Supreme
Court in its order of promulgation, unless objected to by the Legislative Committee
on Judicial Rules as provided by this chapter. If objection is made by the Legislative
Committee on Judicial Rules, the initially prescribed rules in question shall not
take effect until they have been reported to the General Assembly by the Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court at any regular, adjourned, or special session thereof, and until
after the expiration of 45 legislative days of that session, including the date of
the filing of the report. The General Assembly may repeal, revise, or modify any rule
or amendment thereto, and its action shall not be abridged, enlarged, or modified
by subsequent rule. (Amended 1967, No. 311 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 22, 1968; 1969, No. 119, § 1, eff. April 22, 1969; 1973, No. 118, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1973; 1977, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 19, 1978; 1981, No. 231 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2018, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 28, 2018.)